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roughly [ˈrʌflɪ] adv
1. without being exact or fully authenticated; approximately roughly half the candidates were successful 2. in a clumsy, coarse, or violent manner his captors did not treat him roughly 3. in a crude or primitive manner a slab of roughly hewn stone ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
roughly adverb 1. forcefully, abruptly, violently, aggressively, forcibly A hand roughly pushed him aside. 2. approximately, about, around, close to, just about, more or less, in the region of, circa (used with dates), in the vicinity of, not far off, in the neighbourhood of a period of roughly 30 million years Translations roughly [ˈrʌflɪ] ADV 1. (= approximately) [equal] → aproximadamente, más o menos he was roughly the same age/height as me → tenía aproximadamente or más o menos la misma edad/altura que yo roughly similar → más o menos parecido roughly translated → traducido a grandes rasgos or de forma aproximada 2. (= generally) [describe, outline] → en líneas generales, más o menos they fall roughly into two categories → en términos generales se dividen en dos categorías roughly speaking, it means an increase of 10% → en líneas generales, supone un incremento del 10% roughly speaking, it acts as a transformer → viene a actuar más o menos como un transformador roughly speaking, his job is that of an administrator → su trabajo es, por así decirlo, de administrador 3. (= not gently) [push] → bruscamente; [play] → de forma violenta; [speak, order] → con brusquedad to treat sth/sb roughly → tratar mal algo/tratar a algn con brusquedad 4. (= crudely) [constructed, built, carved] → toscamente to sketch sth roughly → hacer un bosquejo de algo 5. (Culin) [chop] → en trozos grandes; [slice] → en rodajas grandes roughly [ˈrʌfli] adv (= approximately) → à peu près It weighs roughly 20 kilos → Ça pèse à peu près vingt kilos. roughly speaking → en gros (= violently) [handle, push, pull] → brutalement (= harshly) [speak, answer] → durement (= crudely) [make, cut, chop] → grossièrement roughly adv (= crudely) make, sew, sketch, chop, slice → grob (= approximately) → ungefähr; roughly (speaking) → grob gesagt; roughly half → ungefähr die Hälfte; roughly equal → ungefähr gleich; roughly the same → ungefähr dasselbe; roughly similar → in etwa ähnlich; to be roughly similar to something → eine grobe Ähnlichkeit mit etw besitzen; roughly comparable → grob vergleichbar; roughly translated → grob übersetzt roughly [ˈrʌflɪ] adv a. (not gently, YYY, push, handle) → brutalmente; (speak, order) → bruscamente to treat sb/sth roughly → maltrattare qn/qc b. (not finely, YYY, make, sew) → grossolanamente to chop roughly → tagliare a pezzi grossi to sketch sth roughly → fare uno schizzo di qc c. (approximately) → grosso modo, approssimativamente, pressappoco roughly speaking → grosso modo, ad occhio e croce there were roughly 50 people → c'erano pressappoco 50 persone Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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